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I was 15 when I first went round town, though only had about 3 drinks, only had 2 quid and I wanted sausage and chips on the way home:)
I think if your children at a reasonable age are allowed wine with a meal or the odd taste then that should be ok.

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Guilty as charged. :o

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Guilty jen, first drink in australian down pleck 1962 :rolleyes:

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I dont think there's many people who do wait till the're 18, its not always the age that matters but how you treat it. I think the more a parent says no to alcohol the more a teenager would want it and there's always a way of getting it. I remember waiting outside Cellar 5 asking people going in to get me a bottle of Strongbow, I never had to wait long.

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I'd best answer my own question before anyone tells me off!!!

Yes i was going round town at the age of 16 - in fact the first time i went down accy was on my 16th birthday - felt my age and me and my mate came back to baxenden got a couple of bottles of olde english and drank them walking along the back lane back to rising bridge.

Before that i was drinking in the pub - with my mum & dad in attendance. In fact the pub landlord when i was 16 and could go into the pub on my own refused to let me drink alcohol in the pub even if i was with my mum & dad until i was 18.

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Surprise surprise; I was drinking in there in '60 when I was fifteen!

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beat ya by a year eric (14):D saw on news tonight Alcohol Concern say parents could be prosecuted for giving under 15s alcohol, what planet are these clowns on? on that basis most of europes mums n dads would be fined- they aint got the same problems abroad with drunken kids once again i say its all about the upbringing/enviroment than a 12/13 year old havin a shandy or a small wine etc on special occasions and they are that far up their own arses they cant see it.
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Too many double standards- do as I say not as I do or more accurately as I did.

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I don't think that it is a double standard. It is giving advice to one's kids based on one's experience. It is worse to say "It's ok because I did it when I was a lad."

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I didn't really drink until I was fifteen, even though I first went clubbing at twelve. I used to drink whisky and dry ginger, probably because it tasted most like pop.:D

The first time I got drunk it was on barley wine, when I was sixteen, and I got quite fruity with my friend's mum, something she recently reminded me about.:o

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We used straight whyskey on both our kids gums. I imagine the little bit of alcohol, besides numbing the gums also had a bit of a sedating effect. I guess it was just something handed down. Would not have any bother with the Government telling me I can't do these sort of things.

BEA

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It's only encouraging bad drinking habits if you make them rinse with coke and ice.